What best describes the rights you granted this company? Rights revert back to me after more than 12 months.

Who was responsible for the following:

Yarn Support – Company

Sample – Designer

Grading – Designer

Tech Editing – Company

Photography – Company

Layout – Company

Customer Support – Designer

Yardage of sample: 250-500yds [229-458m]

Weight of yarn used in sample: Fingering (Sock)

Type of design: Sock

Primary stitch used in the design: Cables

Would you work with this company again?: No

How would you rate your experience with this company? 2/5

Anything else you would like others to know about your experience with this company? Terrible experience. I met all deadlines, but company took over a year to finally publish the pattern and pay me–and came to me asking for pictures because they’d lost the sample and weren’t sure what it looked like. Did almost no promotion of the design. Pay was poor, but I was a new designer and didn’t know better. Company is under new management, so perhaps situation has improved.

—Posted 20 April 2016—

Year of Publication: 2014

How much were you paid (in USD)?: $125

Was your sample returned?: Yes

Were you paid in a timely fashion?: Yes

Relationship with company: first time working with company

Did you have a written contract?: Yes

Did you negotiate your contract terms?: N0

Briefly describe your royalty payments: None.

What best describes the rights you granted this company? Rights revert back to me after 1-3 months.

Who was responsible for the following:

Yarn Support – Company

Sample – Designer

Grading – Designer

Tech Editing – Designer

Photography – Company

Layout – Company

Customer Support – Company

Yardage of sample: 250-500yds [229-458m]

Weight of yarn used in sample: Fingering (Sock)

Type of design: Sock

Primary stitch used in the design: Cables

Would you work with this company again?: Yes

How would you rate your experience with this company? 5/5

Anything else you would like others to know about your experience with this company? Very easy to deal with. Also, they sent me two different colourways for the sample; I could choose which to use and keep the other for myself. Although this was my first experience with them, I have worked with them again since on the same basis.